Can't beat a good old McGuffin to distract the people from the real issue. 9 ****s dead from a racist with a gun but deflect the debate onto a fleg.
Some of the rednecks wear T Shirts which say "If my flag offends you then you need to read your history". I have read your history, that offends me too and the flag is racist.
I don't think the flag is racist, from my understanding the end of slavery was more about ending the southern monopoly of cheap labour that hurt the northern states But you know, winners and history...
The flag is also known as "the Stainless Banner" and was designed by William T. Thompson, a newspaper editor and writer based in Savannah, Georgia, with assistance from William Ross Postell, a Confederate blockade runner. The nickname "stainless" referred to the pure white field which took up a large part of the flag's design, although W.T. Thompson, the flag's designer, referred to his design as "The White Man's Flag". In referring to the white field that comprised a large part of the flag's design elements, Thompson stated that its color symbolized the "supremacy of the white man":
I'd happily allow my taxes to go towards the biggest St Patrick's Day marches the world has ever seen if guns were legalised.
Supremacy!!! There's **** all white in it It's supposed to be some regiments battle flag and it has stars to represent the original 13 colonies not pics of dead slaves Racists have obviously taken the flag as their own, like nationalists have taken the saltire but that doesn't mean those who fly it are racists or that the flag is
See the "white" bits please log in to view this image That's a "White" background. plus: "the flag's designer, referred to his design as "The White Man's Flag""
